Christian Westerhaus

Christian Westerhaus is Global Head of Clearing Products in Cash Management at Deutsche Bank.

Based in Frankfurt, Christian is responsible for product development as well as the strategic planning for Deutsche Bank’s Cash Management business. He oversees a global team covering USD, EUR, RMB, GBP and multi-currency clearing for a diverse base of clients including commercial, regional, global and central banks as well as broker dealers and asset managers.

Prior to this assignment, Christian held a number of senior roles in product management including Global Co-Head of client Products & Solutions for Global Transaction Banking at Deutsche Bank.

Christian is also an active member of various global and European industry committees. At present he is a Board Member of EBA Clearing Paris/Brussels and Eurogiro A/S, Copenhagen.

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Banks leveraging SWIFT’s global payments innovation (gpi), the industry-wide initiative that connects all intermediaries in a payment chain, can better alleviate corporate treasurers’ operational pain points. But for the entire industry to realise the full benefits, it’s time for more banks to go live – and sooner rather than later.
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Following the recent go-live of SWIFT’s global payments innovation (gpi), 30+ banks are now processing gpi payments – with significant operational advantages for end-clients. Deutsche Bank’s Christian Westerhaus talks to Brian Caplen of The Banker about the initiative’s potential to further transform the correspondent banking space.
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With a host of regulations taking effect this year and the next, Christian Westerhaus, Global Head of Clearing Products, Cash Management, Deutsche Bank, talks about their impact on correspondent banking business services and the data provided for clients to be compliant
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Digitalisation is not only occurring in payments; it is a fundamental process that is changing the way banks operate – both internally and how they interact with clients. In this video interview with Finextra, Deutsche Bank’s Christian Westerhaus explores how transaction banking is evolving with the help of new technologies.
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FTR 2015, which becomes applicable on June 26, 2017 sets out to ensure traceability of payments transactions – a powerful tool in the prevention, detection, and investigation of money laundering and terrorist financing. Yet, with such a short lead-time to implementation, rapid action is essential to prevent unnecessary disruption to payment flows or unintended breaches of the regulation.
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Christian Westerhaus, Global Head of Product & Strategy, Institutional Cash Management, Deutsche Bank, explains what the crucial considerations are and will be going forward, with regards to correspondent banking.
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Sibos 2016 got underway in Geneva on September 26 with the conference’s theme, “Transforming the landscape” focused around the macro headwinds, regulatory and infrastructure changes that are shaping the transaction banking industry
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Christian Westerhaus, Global Head of Product & Strategy, Institutional Cash Management, Deutsche Bank, looks at how developments on the domestic retail side are influencing client expectations in wholesales payments and assesses the steps the industry is taking to enhance the cross-border payments experience.
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The Global Payments Innovation Initiative (GPII) may be seen as a reaction by correspondent banks to Fintech disruption, but there is no time like the present to address issues that have been around for some time, according to Wim Raymaekers, Global Head of the Banking Market at SWIFT.
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Joy Macknight, transaction banking and technology editor at The Banker, speaks with Christian Westerhaus of Deutsche Bank and Wim Raymaekers of SWIFT, about the critical role correspondent banking plays in the global economy.

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